As far as we knew from watching NXT on WWE Network each week, the woman who was arguing with/inspiring Andrade “Cien” Almas’ name might as well have been “Mysterious”.
Most fans knew it was Thea Trinidad (fka Rosita in TNA, soon to star as AJ Lee in The Rock’s Paige biopic Fighting With My Family, aka the future Mrs. Austin Aries), but no one knew if she would use that name on television. A report went around saying the character’s name would be Zolita Vega, but that was never confirmed and Trinidad didn’t go through the usual process of updating her social media, so there was some doubt.
On the July 26 episode of NXT, we found out those reports were close, but not 100%. Thea’s nomme de WWE will be Zelina Vega.
Here she is in a scene with No Way Jose, setting up what will likely be Andrade’s next fight, or possibly feud. Jose ran in to save Cezar Bononi, who upset Almas in a match before Vega (re)entered his life, from a beating last Wednesday.
.@AndradeCienWWE’s new friend warns @WWENoWayJose that he has ignited a fire that he CANNOT dance around! #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/sjAN1Id6ut
— WWE (@WWE) July 27, 2017
What do you think of Thea’s new name? More importantly, what do you think of her angle with Almas?